Charles Marohn - known as "Chuck" to friends and colleagues - is a Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in the State of Minnesota and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). Chuck is the Founder and President of Strong Towns. He has a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.

Rachel Quednau serves as Communications Specialist for Strong Towns and has been a regular contributor and podcast host for Strong Towns since 2015. Rachel is a Midwesterner currently living in Milwaukee, WI. Previously, she worked for several organizations fighting to end homelessness at the federal and local levels. She draws from her experiences living in New York City, Washington, DC, Walla Walla, WA and Minneapolis, MN to help her build better places wherever she is. You can find her musings on Twitter @rquednau. One of her favorite ways to get to know a new city is by going for a run in it.

Michelle Erfurt works as Strong Towns' Pathfinder. Guided by a passion for helping people, Michelle navigates people through the process of bringing a Strong Towns event to their area. Her first career is in music therapy. She spent her clinical years working to decrease pain, improve coping, and enhance interpersonal relationships of hospice and hospitalized patients.

Michelle became interested in the topic of city design, the influence of the built environment, and planners after marrying into the field. She infrequently shares her perspective as a non-planner married to a new urbanist through her spouse’s blog: Restless Urbanist.

Yuri serves as Community Builder for Strong Towns. He is a community engagement and digital communications specialist with a passion for urban planning, public participation and social media. He has a Master of Public Administration degree and has over 15 years of public policy research, analysis, advocacy, and communications experience. He is also the Executive Director of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, an associate editor of Spacing Vancouver and an elected director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia. When he isn't building community online, Yuri can be found training for his next marathon.